Camp Mystic nurse who abandoned little girls during deadly flooding has license suspended
Mary Liz Eastland, the head nurse at Camp Mystic in Texas, has had her nursing license suspended after admitting to abandoning campers during a deadly flooding incident. The Texas Board of Nursing determined that her actions posed a continuing threat to public welfare. Eastland faces the possibility of permanently losing her license following a final hearing.
- ▪Eastland admitted to abandoning children during the flooding that resulted in 28 deaths, including 25 campers.
- ▪The nursing board found that she failed to implement adequate emergency plans and did not report the deaths to state authorities in a timely manner.
- ▪Eastland's family owns the camp, and they are facing wrongful-death lawsuits from the families of the victims.
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US News Camp Mystic nurse who abandoned little girls during deadly flooding has license suspended By Jared Downing Published May 24, 2026, 12:35 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The head nurse at Camp Mystic in Texas where 25 little girls died in flooding last summer has had her nursing license suspended after admitting she abandoned kids during the horror.The Texas Board of Nursing ruled last week that Mary Liz Eastland — whose family owned the facility catering to the state’s rich and famous and served as its chief health officer — would present a “continuing and imminent threat to the public welfare” if she were allowed to keep practicing, according to the order obtained by Houston Public Media.
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